William Shakespeare made just over this many evident astrological references in his plays with at least one in each.
What is 100?
100
This is the definition of a practice where blood is drained from a certain part of a patient's body.
What is bloodletting?
100
A witch’s chosen method of transport.
What is a broomstick?
100
Saying "good luck" to an actor before their performance was often considered bad luck therefore it was replaced with this.
What is "break a leg"?
100
A pot stirred in this direction would bring bad luck to those who ate the contents and the food in the pot would also spoil.
What is counter-clockwise?
200
Accompanied by Edward Kelley, he was said to be the greatest astrologer of the Elizabethan era.
Who is Dr. John Dee?
200
By taking a candle close to an achy tooth, these will fall out.
What are worms?
200
Witches were said to use one of these to make and brew their magic potions.
What is a cauldron?
200
"The Scottish Play" is commonly said instead of this to describe one of Shakespeare's plays. It is believed the naming of it will bring bad luck and result in the theatre and actors being cursed.
What is Macbeth?
200
It was believed that you gave the devil a chance to enter your body and bring about spiritual harm when you did this.
What is sneeze?
300
This planet was said to cause tertian fever.
What is Mars?
300
These three things were believed to put bodily humors back into balance.
What are bleeding, sweating and vomiting?
300
Witches are closely associated with living alone, in other words they did not have one of these to protect them.
What is a husband?
300
Doing this backstage is believed as bad luck because it may be interpreted as a cue by the stage crew.
What is whistling?
300
Many of these involved fire, silver, salt and running water.
What is a good luck charm?
400
It was apparent that Queen Elizabeth believed in these as she chose January 15th, 1559 as her coronation day.
What are horoscopes?
400
This operation might include cutting out the part of the brain that had been "infected" with evil spirits.
What is trepanning?
400
Witches were believed to keep these, which were inhibited by evil spirits.
What are animals?
400
Perhaps only said to comfort actors that couldn't seem to get their lines right but it was said that a bad dress rehearsal called for a good this.
What is opening (night)?
400
This was said to be lucky as it had the power to heal and it could give the bearer stealth.
What is the right hand of an executed prisoner?
500
The use of this and the art of 'scrying' were believed by some to be a way of seeing supernatural images, accessing unknown knowledge and making accurate predictions.
What is a Chrystal ball?
500
A hot plaster smeared with honey and pigeon dung was considered a cure for this medical issue.
What are kidney stones?
500
Witches were blamed for things that can be described by this adjective such as the plague, famine, diseases and low crop yields.
What is unexplainable?
500
Actors sometimes believed that putting their script under their pillow while they slept would help them memorize it faster; it was occasionally called "learning by this".
What is osmosis?
500
Sailors wore these so that if their boat were to ever sink, they could use the materials used in the making of these to pay for their fare in the underworld.